Evgeni Malkin had a goal and two assists, while Phil Kessel scored twice to help the Pittsburgh Penguins get their first win in San Jose in more than 18 years, 5-1 over the Sharks on Tuesday night.
David Perron added a goal and an assist and Matt Cullen also scored for the Penguins, who had lost 10 straight at the Shark Tank. Pittsburgh had gone winless in 12 games in San Jose since beating the Sharks 5-2 on Oct. 22, 1997, garnering only one tie during the skid.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves to help Pittsburgh get off to a strong start on a four-game road trip.
Patrick Marleau scored for the Sharks, who have lost two of three at home following a perfect six-game road trip. Martin Jones made 24 saves.
KINGS 2, CANUCKS 1, OT
In Los Angeles, Anze Kopitar scored off a pass from Jeff Carter 2 minutes, 2 seconds into overtime as Los Angeles rallied for the victory.
Drew Doughty scored the tying power-play goal early in the third period for the first-place Kings, who won for the sixth time in nine games. Los Angeles won their fourth straight home game on a beautiful finish by Kopitar, who scored his eighth goal of the season.
Jonathan Quick made 15 saves for the Kings, who outshot the Canucks 18-1 in the third period and overtime.
Backup goalie Jacob Markstrom made 39 saves in a standout effort for the Canucks, who lost in extra time for the NHL-worst eighth time this season.
FLAMES 4, STARS 3, OT
In Calgary, Alberta, Sean Monahan had the clinching goal in the shootout and two assists in regulation, helping Calgary to the win.
Monahan’s shootout goal was the last of three on Antti Niemi, with Joe Colborne and Johnny Gaudreau also finding the net.
The Flames trailed 3-0 after two periods. Patrick Sharp scored in the shootout for the Stars, who were eliminated on Monahan’s goal because Tyler Seguin hit the post on Dallas’ initial shot.
Gaudreau, Mikael Backlund and Dougie Hamilton scored in regulation for Calgary, who started a five-game homestand with their fifth win in a row at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Jason Spezza, Cody Eakin and Mattias Janmark scored for the Stars, who are tied with Montreal for the most points in the NHL.
WILD 2, BLACKHAWKS 1
In Chicago, defenseman Ryan Suter drove to the net and poked in a rebound with 7 minutes, 56 seconds left in the third period, lifting Minnesota over Chicago.
After Chicago’s Corey Crawford made an acrobatic right pad save on Mikael Granlund on a breakaway, Granlund missed on a rebound attempt. Suter then cruised to the net and buried a loose puck that was dangling near the goal line.
Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored a power-play goal at 5:21 of the second period to extend his point streak to 20 games. Kane has 12 goals and 20 assists during the longest such run for a US-born player.
Jason Pominville also scored for Minnesota, who snapped a three-game losing streak and won for just the second time in their past seven games.
Minnesota’s Devan Dubnyk made 30 saves in his 14th start in 15 games.
Crawford finished with 34 stops.
In other NHL action, it was:
‧ Predators 5, Coyotes 2
‧ Panthers 3, Blues 1
‧ Red Wings 5, Sabres 4, SO
‧ Flyers 4, Senators 2
‧ Canadiens 2, Blue Jackets 1
‧ Avalanche 2, Devils 1
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